Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers has donated $250,000 to a University of North Carolina scholarship fund that supports African-American students just days after he admitted that an academic transcript found on the university's website was his.

Peppers gave the money to the Light on the Hill Society Scholarship fund, which supports African-American students, the school announced Monday, per ESPN.com. Peppers' academic transcript showed that several classes in the Afro and African-American Studies department helped keep him eligible during his time at the school.

"After considering the ways that I might be able to help young college students, I decided to continue my support of the Light on the Hill scholarship," Peppers said Monday in a statement released by the university. "I would like to endorse this particular fund and encourage other former UNC students who have found success to reach back and assist the efforts of current and future Tar Heels."

The transcript was found on the university's website last week and remained there for some time before being taken down. Peppers, whose major was in African-American Studies (AFAM), released a statement to the Chicago Tribune on Saturday that said in part: "I can assure everyone that there is no academic fraud as it relates to my college transcript. I took every course with qualified members of the UNC faculty and I earned every grade whether it was good or bad. I was never given unapproved assistance or preferential treatment in terms of my academic career because I was a student-athlete. I was also never deemed ineligible to compete on any of the football or basketball teams."

An earlier UNC investigation concluded that the department was rife with academic fraud and poor oversight of 54 classes from 2007 to 2011. In light of Peppers’ transcript, a review will now be done to see how far back the bogus classes and fake grades in the major go. Peppers attended UNC from 1998 to 2001.